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Girl With a Pearl Earring
the one line review:
girl with a pearl necklace would have been better
the overview
I didn't know this was arty-farty when I rented it. As is the norm, I watched it anyway, and it's OK.
the plot:
Griet (Johannson) is a poor slave girl who works in the house of a semi-famous painter. She gradually starts to work for him and his (Firth) obsession inevitably begins to grow for her.
the verdict:
It's a period piece that tries to tell the story of the relationship "people" and "help" and the various social boundaries that should never be crossed. It's based around the true story of a 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer and his painting of the title of this film. There's little known about the actual subject of the painting... and this film attempts to shed a little light.
For me, it's just a film. Nothing remarkable but quite watchable. Though Scarlet Johansson is a honey, which earns it brownie points, no diggidy.
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